How to Make Kale Soup in 30 Minutes

This soup comes together in no time. Here’s how we do it:

We cook onions with a little oil and butter then add garlic and a pinch of red pepper flakes. Then we throw in sliced chicken sausage — it’s already cooked, so it makes things extra easy — as well as chicken stock. Kale, potatoes, and chopped tomatoes come next and finally a splash of milk for creaminess.

Then just before serving we add a bunch of fresh spinach leaves. And that’s it — hearty, simple kale soup with sausage and potatoes. It’s one of our favorites.

30 Minute Chicken Sausage and Kale Soup Recipe

PREP 10mins

COOK 20mins

TOTAL 30mins

Try this hearty soup packed with leafy greens (kale and spinach), potatoes, and chicken sausage. When you choose the chicken sausage, look for one that is has either maple or apple. The sweeter sausage works so well with the savory base of this soup. Also, before cooking kale, be sure to wash thoroughly and remove any hearty stems and/or ribs.

Directions

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onions and cook until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add garlic, red pepper flakes, and chicken sausage then cook until the sausage begins to brown, about 2 minutes.

Add the potatoes, tomatoes and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook 5 minutes then add the kale and cook another 10 minutes until wilted and the potatoes are tender.

Turn heat to low then add the milk and stir in fresh spinach leaves. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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AUTHOR: Adam and Joanne Gallagher

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So delicious!
I forgot to buy the onion, added one more garlic clove, 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper and a handful of mushrooms. This was really easy to make and did not to take too long either. Very tasty!!

This soup was surprisingly flavorful! I doubled the recipe so the cooking time was a lot longer, but other than that, it was easy. Love the hint of heat that the red pepper flakes add. I will definitely make this again!

I just made this for dinner today (empty bowl in front of me as I type) and it was amazing! My family loved it. Even my picky three year old ate every bite! This is a must keep recipe that will stay in our meal rotation.
Also I have the Apple crisp in the oven right now, Sunday I made the pho soup recipe-amazing!

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